Tuenabout dickey



July 30, 1963 s. THORPE TURNABOUT DICKEY Filed Feb. 25, 1965 6 20 J I F #2.

IN VENTOR. 5/70/2453 72 02/25 United States Patent Ofi 3,099,013 Patented July 30, 1963 3,099,013 TURNABOUT DICKEY Shirley Thorpe, Brooklyn, N.Y., assignor of one-half to Tibor Laszlo, New York, N.Y. Filed Feb. 25, 1963, Ser. No. 260,792 2 Claims. (Cl. 2-103) This invention relates to an article of clothing and more particularly to a novel turnabout dickey.

The primary object of the prmen-t invention resides in the provision of an article of clothing which is adapted to be worn with a suit coat, jumper or other like ladys garment and for use as a turnabout dickey whereby the garment can be worn in different positions with the neck portions either buttoned or opened or with the garment buttoned in the front or in the back, whereby only one garment need be purchased yet the wearer may have the option of utilizing the garment in any one of at least four selected styles.

It is therefore an object of the invention to provide an article of clothing in the form of a turnabout dickey formed of a stretchable material such as knitted wool, it being recognized that other suitable fabrics may be employed.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of a turnabout dickey which is arranged so that it can be worn in any one of the four major styles including a turtle neck with buttons in the front, a turtle neck with the buttons in the back, an open or V-neck in front, and a loose arcuate collar in front.

In accordance with preferred embodiment of the invention the article of wearing apparel is in the form of a turnabout dickey, preferably manufactured from knitting wool and is adapted to cover the lower portion of the neck and the chest and back of the wearer without extending all the way over the shoulders, leaving the arms completely free. The lower end portions of the dickey rest against the chest and back of the wearer but are not joined together, while the upper portion of the dickey is joined together in an overedge seam to give body to the garment while permitting the inexpensive joining of the parts. Further, the garment is formed in sections with the neck portions thereof joined in a flush seam meeting the overedge seam and which is substantially invisible to the naked eye.

Still further objects and features of the invention reside in the provision of a turnabout dickey that is simple to manufacture, inexpensive to mass produce, and which is highly attractive in appearance, thereby insuring great popularity, and wide use and distribution.

These, together with the vast ancillary objects and features of the invention which will become apparent as the following description proceeds, are attained by this turnabout dickey, a preferred embodiment of which has been illustrated in the accompanying drawings, by way of example only, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a turnabout dickey manufactured in accordance with the concepts of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the turnabout dickey shown being worn in the style of a turtle neck with the buttons in front;

FIG. 3 is a perspective View illustrating the dickey worn in a plain-front turtle neck style with buttons in the back;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the turnabout dickey shown with an open neck or V-shape collar and buttoned down in front;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the article of Wearing apparel of the present invention shown with a plainfront and buttoned in the back in the form of a loose arcuate collar;

FIG. 6 is a side elevational view of the turnabout dickey illustrating the manner in which the parts thereof are joined together;

FIG. 7 is an exploded plan view illustrating the bottom panel and panel sections which are used to form the turnabout dickey;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged perspective detailed view illustrating in particular the manner in which the parts of the garment are joined together;

FIG. 9 is a sectional detail view taken along the plane of line 99 in FIG. -8; and

FIG. 10 is a sectional detail view taken along the plane of line 10-10 in FIG. 8.

With continuing reference to the accompanying drawings wherein like reference numerals designate similar parts throughout the various views, reference numeral 10 generally designates the turn-about dickey comprising an embodiment of the present invention. The turnabout dickey is made from a knitting fabric such as wool but of course may be made from any suitable and preferably resilient and stretchable, knitting, woven, or otherwise manufactured material of the desired characteristics.

The turnabout dickey 10 is formed out of three main sections including -a body panel 12 and a pair of panel sections 14 and 16. The body panel 12 is of generally rectangular shape having lower curved edges 18 and 20 and upper convexly curved edges 22 and 24 which are adapted to be sewn to adjacent convex edge portions 26 and 28 of the panel sections 14 and 16, respectively. Further, a half neck section 30 of reduced dimensions rises above the convexly curved sections 22 and 24.

The panel sections 14 and 16 have curved edges 32 and 34 at the lower portion thereof. Further, the panel sections 14 and 16 are about half the dimension in width of the body panel 12 but are slightly greater than just one half the width of the body panel 12 so that the adjacent edges indicated at 36 and 38 of the panel sections 14 and 16 may be joined in overlapping relationship when the garment is assembled by Way of the buttons 40 located on the major portion of the body section engaging buttonholes 42, and by Way of buttons 44 located on the quarter neck section 46 of the panel section 14 engaging buttonholes 48 formed in the quarter neck section 50 of the panel section 16. It will be noted that neck buttons 44 and body buttonholes 42 are aligned along edge 36 of panel section 14, while neck buttonholes 48 and body buttons 40 are aligned along edge 38 of panel section 16.

The half neck section 30 and the quarter neck sections 46 and 50 are adapted to be permanently stitched together in a flat and substantially invisible seam so as to form the tubular neck 52 as can be seen in FIG. 1. However, the corresponding adjacent convexly curved edges 22, 26 and 24, 28 are sewn together in an overedge seam to form the portion of the garment which overlies the shoulder of the wearer, which portion does not extend all the way to the arms of the wearer, as can be seen in FIGS. 2 through 5. An overedge seam is used for a number of reasons. First of all an o-veredge seam is quite inexpensive and easy to mass produce. Further, the overedge seam serves to pick up any free ends of the knitting material, gives body to the garment and assures that the garment will be seated properly on the wearer. In addition, the combination of the ioveredge seam and the flat seam for the half neck sections and quarter neck sections respectively give rise to a general full-fashioned appearance to the garment without likelihood of the panel portions 14 and 16 and the back panel 12 sagging or destroying the manner in which the collar lies in any of the positions of FIGS. 2-5.

The buttons 44 when engaging buttonholes 48 are utilized so as to give body to the collar formed by the tubular neck 52 so that it may stand properly and also to obtain continuity in appearance and alignment with the buttons 40 extending through holes 42 when the tubular neck portion 52 is folded over in the form of a cuff or turtle neck. Thus, the buttons .44 will appear to be in alignment with the buttons 40 as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. Any suitable number of buttons or like fasteners may be employed. The overedge seams, such as the seam 60 which joins the convex edges 24 and 23', terminate just at the conjunction of the quarter neck sections 50 with the neck section 30 at which location begins the flat and invisible seam 62, formed by sewing the garment portions 30 land 50 or 30 and 46 together.

a suit jacket, jumper or the like to give the effect of a if so desired. As shown in FIG. 2, the garment is worn r with the tubular neck portion turned down to form a cuflf or turtle neck collar and with the garment buttoned in front. In FIG. 3, the garment is worn in a similar manner except that the garmet is buttoned in the back, leaving a plain front and turtle neck collar. In FIG. 4, the collar is worn in a substantially open collar position with the buttons down the front and with the collar in a shape of the conventional V top collar type .xappearance. In FIG. 5, the garment is worn so as to form a substantially arcuate or slightly loose collar in the front and with the collar open and the garment buttoned down in the hack. Thus, four different styles of Wearing the turnabout dickey can be achieved from thesingle garment to suit the taste of the wearer, while at the same time the dickey may be worn by any individual wearer in 'any one of these positions and in different positions. Because of its novel construction, the same garment can be purchased and worn by wearers of difierent size, and thus need not be produced in a variety of sizes. A latitude of modification, change and substitution is intended in the foregoing disclosure, and in some instances some features of the invention will be employed Without a corresponding use of other features. Accordingly, it is appropriate that the appended claims be construed broadly and in a manner consistent with the spirit and scope of the invention herein.

I claim:

1. An article of clothing comprising a central body panel, a pair of opposed panel sections arranged on cpposite sides of said body panel, said panel sections having upper portions and quarter neck sections, said body panel having an upper portion and a half neck section, said quarter neck sections being sewn to said half neck section in .abutted relationship with flush neck seams for forming ,a tubular neck for said article, said upper portions of said panel sections being sewn to said upper portion of said body panel below said neck seams with overedge seams defining shoulder sections for said article, a first set of buttons on one panel section and a first set of button holes in the other panel section as fastening means for detachably securing said panel sections to each other opposite from said body panel, said tubular neck being foldable to form a cuiT collar, second fastening means for securing said tubular quarter neck sections together, said second fastening means including a button hole in the quarter neck section of said one panel section and :a button on the quarter neck section of said other panel section so that when said tubular neck is arranged as a cufi collar, said button is exposed in the same direction as and is in linear alignment with said set of buttons.

2. An article of clothing according to claim 1 wherein said article of clothing is formed of a knitted stretchable fabric, the lowermost portions of said body panel being spaced and free from said panel sections.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 360,094 Holmes Mar. 29, 1887 905,270 Abraham Dec. 1, 1908 2,642,570 Heilbr0nner June 23, 1953 FOREIGN PATENTS 17,846 Denmark Sept. 15, 1913 

1. AN ARTICLE OF CLOTHING COMPRISING A CENTRAL BODY PANEL, A PAIR OF OPPOSED PANEL SECTIONS ARRANGED ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID BODY PANEL, SAID PANEL SECTIONS HAVING UPPER PORTIONS AND QUARTER NECK SECTIONS, SAID BODY PANEL HAVING AN UPPER PORTION AND HALF NECK SECTION, SAID QUARTER NECK SECTIONS BEING SEWN TO SAID HALF NECK SECTION IN ABUTTED RELATIONSHIP WITH FLUSH NECK SEAMS FOR FORMING A TUBULAR NECK FOR SAID ARTICLE, SAID UPPER PORTIONS OF SAID PANEL SECTIONS BEING SEWN TO SAID UPPER PORTIONS OF SAID BODY PANEL BELOW SAID NECK SEAMS WITH OVEREDGE SEAMS DEFINING SHOULDER SECTIONS FOR SAID ARTICLE, A FIRST SET OF BUTTONS ON ONE PANEL SECTION AND A FIRST SET OF BUTTON HOLES IN THE OTHER PANEL SECTION AS FASTENING MEANS FOR DETACHABLY SECURING SAID PANEL SECTIONS TO EACH OTHER OPPOSITE FROM SAID BODY PANEL, SAID TUBULAR NECK BEING FOLDABLE TO FORM A CUFF COLLAR, SECOND FASTENING MEANS FOR SECURING SAID TUBULAR QUARTER NECK SECTIONS TOGETHER, SAID SECOND FASTENING MEANS INCLUDING A BUTTON HOLE IN THE QUARTER NECK SECTION OF SAID ONE PANEL SECTION AND A BUTTON ON THE QUARTER NECK SECTION OF SAID OTHER PANEL SECTION SO THAT WHEN SAID TUBULAR NECK IS ARRANGED AS A CUFF COLLAR, SAID BUTTON IS EXPOSED IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS AND IS IN LINEAR ALIGNMENT WITH SAID SET OF BUTTONS. 